Keeping company with hope and despair: Family therapists' reflections and experience of working with childhood depression

Journal of Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-419

  Pentecost, David ^a   McNab, Sue ^b  

^a Islington PCT CAMHS   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35548962383     PISSN: 01634445     EISSN: 14676427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2007.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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